The cost of this fight is not cheap, but caping to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen.

Russia is the aggressor. No if, ends or buts about it. Russia is the aggressor. And the world must and will hold Russian accountable.

President Biden, as he urges Congress to approve a massive new aid package to help Ukraine fight against Russia.

He wants quick passage, but we'll explain how the fight over immigration here at home could get in the way.

Meanwhile, new attacks all across Ukraine, including Kiev as the United Nations chief visited the country. Plus,

things go from bad to worse in Maripole as Russia bombs a makeshift hospital inside the steel

plant where fighters and civilians are barely holding on former ambassador to Ukraine. Bill Taylor joins us in just a moment.

And later, we'll talk to former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McVall, on the very latest in Ukraine,

and the January 6th committee ready to go public as the chairman announces the date of the first

open hearings on the attack on the Capitol.

Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe. It is Friday, April 29th, quite a week.

Yesterday, we knew President Biden would be asking Congress to fund a sweeping aid package aimed at keeping Ukraine in the fight against Russia for at least the next

five months. We just didn't know how much he would be asking for. We heard from the president

proposing $33 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian assistance. It's more than double the size of the nearly depleted

$13.6 billion aid package approved last month. The president announced his proposal by acknowledging,

quote, the cost of this fight is not cheap. We either back to Ukrainian people as they defend their country or we stand by as the Russians

continue their atrocities and aggression in Ukraine.

Every day, every day the Ukrainians pay for the price and the price they pay is with their

lives for this fight.

So we need to contribute arms, funding, ammunition,

and the economic support to make their courage and sacrifice have purpose so they can

continue this fight and do what they're doing. It's critical this funding gets approved and

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